EH43 postcode area guide — Scottish Borders
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH43 postcode district in Scottish Borders — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is EH43?
Broadband & internet speeds in EH43
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
51.7%
Gigabit-capable
51.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the EH43 postcode district (Scottish Borders) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 27 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH43, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 51.7%.
Around 0.2% of premises in EH43 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in EH43
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH43 6AA | 95.5% | 50% |
| EH43 6AB | 100% | 66.7% |
| EH43 6AD | 100% | 20% |
| EH43 6AE | 100% | 0% |
| EH43 6AF | 100% | 7.7% |
| EH43 6AG | 100% | 81% |
| EH43 6AH | 100% | 0% |
| EH43 6AJ | 100% | 100% |
| EH43 6AL | 100% | 90.9% |
| EH43 6AN | 100% | 19.4% |
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Mobile signal around Scottish Borders
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Scottish Borders district (66,258 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
87.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
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Voice indoors — all networks
88.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in EH43
8 rated food businesses operate in EH43. 6 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Caberston Farm Coffee Shop, Henry Ballantyne Memorial Club, Muirs Chips, Walkerburn Bowling Club, Walkerburn Nursery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Scottish Borders
Landlines around EH43 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.